mendoza set 4-9
Terms
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- quickly
- with little or no delay
- profession
- an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
- prediction
- An educated guess made from the observative material at hand about the future
- prelate
- church dignitary; priest of high position in the church (esp. bishop)
- posture
- characteristic way of bearing one's body
- quietly
- with little or no sound
- quarrel
- an angry dispute or altercation; a disagreement marked by a temporary or permanent break in friendly relations
- proof
- any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
- prison
- a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
- quadrilateral
- a four-sided polygon
- proud
- feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth
- preparation
- the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
- prospect
- expectation; something to look forward to happening
- prefer
- To like beter; to choose first
- punch line
- the point of a joke or humorous story
- possible
- capable of being done or accomplished
- portraying
- a representation by picture or portraiture
- quarter
- divide by four
- problem
- a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
- practice
- systematic training by multiple repetitions
- prowler
- someone who prowls or sneaks about
- preteen
- a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age)
- pride
- a feeling of self-respect and personal worth
- proper
- marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
- protractor
- drafting instrument used to draw or measure angles
- precede
- come before
- profitable
- making or giving a profit; giving a gain or benefit
- purse
- A woman's bag for carrying keys, a wallet, and other personal items; a handbag.
- potato
- annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers
- pyramid
- a structure with 4 triangular sides that rise from a rectangular base to meet at a point on top
- prejudge
- judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence
- President
- the office of the United States head of state
- puncture
- make a hole with a pointed object; pierce; perforate
- prepay
- pay for something before receiving it
- produce
- To cause to grow; to make
- president
- the chief executive of a republic
- private
- confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
- probably
- with considerable certainty
- practical
- bsed on experience, useful
- proton
- a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
- prairie
- large area of level or rolling land with grass but few or no trees
- program
- a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation
- pursue
- carry out or participate in an activity
- promise
- 1.an assurance that a person will do or will not do something 2. a sign of something to come
- python
- any large snake that crushes its prey
- project
- any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- preview
- (n) something seen in advance; (v) to view beforehand
- quote
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1 : to repeat (someone else's words) exactly
; 2. 2 : to give as an example; 3. to set off written material by quotation marks
- punish
- impose a penalty on
- preset
- set in advance
- prerecorded
- recorded at one time for transmission later
- radiation
- The energy that is transferred as electromagnetic waves, such as visible light and infrared waves.
- raccoon
- an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America
- preen
- to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
- protest
- to speak out against; to speak forcibly; the act of speaking out against; an objection
- prepare
- to make or get ready
- quit
- to stop (to give up)
- predate
- prey on or hunt for
- power
- Influence
- radiant
- (adj) shining, bright, giving forth light and energy SYNONYMS: glowing, brilliant, dazzling, resplendent ANTONYMS: dull, tarnished, lackluster
- protection
- a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
- quotation
- the practice of quoting from books or plays etc.
- postpone
- put off until a later time
- possession
- ownership; something that is owned
- quaint
- (adj) odd or old-fashoned in a pleasing way, clever, ingenious;skillfully made SYN: picturesque, peculiar, strange, curious ANT: familiar, commonplace, modern, contemporary
- premature
- uncommonly early or before the expected time
- principal
- most important; a person or thing that is of the greatest importance; the head of a school; the sum of money owed, not including the interest
- proceed
- (v)to go on or continue in an orderly way; to start again after a pause; to start an action, move
- priceless
- having incalculable monetary worth
- preheat
- heat beforehand
- post office
- an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States
- profile
- the view of something from the side or a cross section
- prelude
- introduction; introductory performance or event; forerunner
- prodded
- to poke or jab with or as if with something pointed
- pray
- address God
- provide
- To give what is needed; to supply
- prisoner
- a person who is confined
- protect
- to keep safe, to look after or keep from harm
- protested
- dissagreed
- portion
- (n.) a section or piece; a part of the whole; a serving of food
- propose
- to suggest a plan, an idea, etc. for people to think about and decide on
- precook
- cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long
- predict
- to declare or tel in advance, to foretell
- prejudice
- an opinion or strong feeling formed without careful thought or regard to the facts
- raced
- ran quickly
- prominent
- (adj) standing out so as to be easily seen; important, well- known
- purpose
- an aim or a goal
- pretend
- to make believe
- pueblo
- a member of any of about two dozen Native American peoples called pueblos by the Spanish because they live in villages built of adobe and rock
- powder
- a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles
- portray
- represent in a painting, drawing, sculpture, or verbally
- prevent
- keep from happening or arising
- pun
- a "play on words" based on the multiple meanings of a single word or on words that sound alike but mean different things
- pumpkin
- usually large pulpy deep-yellow round fruit of the squash family maturing in late summer or early autumn
- quiet
- (adj)still and peaceful;without noise(The forest is very quiet)
- pretty
- pleasing by delicacy or grace
- prehistoric
- belonging to or existing in times before recorded history
- preschool
- an educational institution for children too young for elementary school
- prescription
- an authorization writted by a doctor, dentist, or other that makes drugs available to patients
- precipitation
- the quantity of water falling to earth at a specific place within a specified period of time